State responsibility for eliminating violence against women 2013, para. 13
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The due diligence standard serves as a tool for rights holders to hold States accountable, by providing an assessment framework for ascertaining what constitutes effective fulfilment of a State's obligations, and for analysing its actions or omissions. An assessment framework is especially important where the potential infringement comes through a State's failure to act, as it can be difficult for rights bearers to assess if an omission constituted a violation of their right, in the absence of a normative basis for the appraisal.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences